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-Public release of LyX version 1.6.0
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+Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (beta 3)
+==========================================
 
-We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.0.
+We are pleased to announce the third public pre-release of LyX 2.0.0.
 
-LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing
-based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It
-is released under a Free Software / Open Source license.
+Except usual bugfixing we addressed long-term slowness issues during this
+cycle, in particular we tried to improve performance of the following areas:
+* exporting of longer documents
+* editing of documents with rich inset structure
+* editing with opened outliner.
 
-You can download LyX 1.6.0 from http://www.lyx.org/Download
+Please report the problems and bugs at our lists or bug tracker and
+also note that this release is for testing purposes only. Users are
+encouraged to use current 1.6 stable release for any serious work.
 
-LyX 1.6.0 is the culmination of 15 months of hard work and you can
-find an overview of the new features here:
+Tarballs and binaries can be found at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
 
-http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16
+LyX 2.0.0 will be culmination of more than two years of hard work
+and you can find an overview of the new features here:
+http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20
 
-We hope you will enjoy the result!
-
-Known issues with LyX 1.6 compared to the previous stable release
-(LyX 1.5.6) can be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes160
-
-If you think you found a bug in LyX 1.6.0, either e-mail the LyX
+If you think you found a bug in LyX 2.0.0, either e-mail the LyX
 developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), or open a bug
-report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org
+report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
 
 If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the
-documentation that comes with lyx and http://wiki.lyx.org. If you
-can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list
+documentation that comes with LyX and http://wiki.lyx.org.
+If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list
 (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).
 
+We hope you will enjoy the result!
+
 The LyX team.
 http://www.lyx.org